Women's Studies 2161A/B Final: WS Final - Google Docs

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2161A/B
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

Document Summary

Since last midterm: **need to add readings notes. Gibson girls, maturity, victorian, small waist, big hips. Flappers - youthful, skimpier, absence of breasts and hips, move to modern, more boyish, even hair style movement to social movement for equality to men. Women don"t look this way may feel compelled to change. Limicng food intake to help others who couldn"t a ord food. Body came to be a signi er of individuality and freedom. Symbolic freedom contrasted with binding e orts with conforming. Contrast between freedom and e orts to physically contain and shrink bodies at same cme. Reduced without diecng, perspiracon while wearing makes you smaller. Women le[ to tailor their colours to t normacve sizes. Thin body is necessary and achieved by consumpcon of goods. Rather than working at it thru exercise and diecng. With these things it gives the assumpcon that it is easy to be thin. All you have to do is buy the right product.